Work & commute · Mekinock

Work & commute in Mekinock, ND

Most working residents leave Mekinock for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (35%), Fargo (15%) and Grand Forks AFB (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 310 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 282 Mekinock residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mekinock.

282live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mekinock goes to work

Grand Forks16.3 mi away

35%108

Fargo81.8 mi away

15%47

Grand Forks AFB2.3 mi away

9%29

Bismarck175.6 mi away

5%16

East Grand Forks, MN19.5 mi away

4%11

West Fargo81 mi away

3%8

Minot178.4 mi away

2%7

Grand Forks17.9 mi away

2%5

Larimore10.3 mi away

1%4

Jamestown94.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%72

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Mekinock commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

44%

43%

10%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mekinock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mekinock are

317 jobs are based in Mekinock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mekinock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mekinock

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Mekinock residents hold

310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+133%

Jobs based in Mekinock, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 317. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.